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== Details == | |||
Departments: Services to businesses and organizations (including Social Economy enterprises), Employability | |||
services (job seeking and training assistance for unemployed adults), and a Youth job centre. | |||
Sector based assemblies: [[Manufacturing Enterprises]]; [[Services and New Economy | |||
businesses]]; [[Retailers and Self-Employed Persons]]; [[Financial institutions]]; [[Unions]]; | |||
[[Social economy enterprises]]; [[Community organizations]]; [[Health and education | |||
institutions]]; [[Cultural organizations]]; and [[Participants in RESO activities]]. | |||
RESO (Regroupement economique et social du Sud-Ouest) was the first [[CDEC]]. | RESO (Regroupement economique et social du Sud-Ouest) was the first [[CDEC]]. | ||
http://www.lescdec.qc.ca/data/downloads/Fev_07_socialeconomy.pdf - Social economy and local development in Montréal (Morrisette) | http://www.lescdec.qc.ca/data/downloads/Fev_07_socialeconomy.pdf - Social economy and local development in Montréal (Morrisette) | ||
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== Transformed by Community Economic Development summary == | |||
Southwest Montréal - from an [[industrial centre]] to poverty. [[PEP]] and RESO successful [[intervention]] through [[citizen engagement]] of socio-economic partners - organization must be composed of [[elected]] representatives of different sectors of the community (four from business, four from [[community organizations]], two union [[leaders]], two associate members known for their influence. Board grew to include local institutions, residence and elected municipal officials), committees and forums, AGM; | |||
[[Collaboration]] supporting key [[community projects]], [[economic]], employment and [[recreational]] [[tourism]] plans; [[employment support]] and [[advice]] to [[entrepreneurs]], | |||
[[maintained]] [[industrial zoning]], [[networking]] between businesses, workshops for training, secondary | |||
school for adults developed with [[industry]], [[unions]] and [[literacy]] organizations. [[Unemployment]] in the SW still exceeds [[Montréal]] average, but decreased by 5%. | |||
Issues of: A partnership, or [[farming out]] government work? | |||
Political and [[financial]] autonomy. | |||
* http://library.athabascau.ca/drr/redirect.php?id=29557 - "Transformed by community economic development" | |||
Latest revision as of 14:41, 13 August 2009
Is a CDEC.
Details
Departments: Services to businesses and organizations (including Social Economy enterprises), Employability services (job seeking and training assistance for unemployed adults), and a Youth job centre.
Sector based assemblies: Manufacturing Enterprises; [[Services and New Economy businesses]]; Retailers and Self-Employed Persons; Financial institutions; Unions; Social economy enterprises; Community organizations; [[Health and education institutions]]; Cultural organizations; and Participants in RESO activities.
RESO (Regroupement economique et social du Sud-Ouest) was the first CDEC.
http://www.lescdec.qc.ca/data/downloads/Fev_07_socialeconomy.pdf - Social economy and local development in Montréal (Morrisette)
Transformed by Community Economic Development summary
Southwest Montréal - from an industrial centre to poverty. PEP and RESO successful intervention through citizen engagement of socio-economic partners - organization must be composed of elected representatives of different sectors of the community (four from business, four from community organizations, two union leaders, two associate members known for their influence. Board grew to include local institutions, residence and elected municipal officials), committees and forums, AGM; Collaboration supporting key community projects, economic, employment and recreational tourism plans; employment support and advice to entrepreneurs, maintained industrial zoning, networking between businesses, workshops for training, secondary school for adults developed with industry, unions and literacy organizations. Unemployment in the SW still exceeds Montréal average, but decreased by 5%.
Issues of: A partnership, or farming out government work? Political and financial autonomy.
- http://library.athabascau.ca/drr/redirect.php?id=29557 - "Transformed by community economic development"